The Boatbuilder by Gumbiner
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Long-listed for the 2018 National Book Award in Fiction. At 28 years old, Eli Berg Koenigsberg has never encountered a challenge he couldn't push through, until a head injury leaves him with lingering headaches and a weakness for opiates. Berg moves to a remote Northern California town, seeking space and time to recover, but soon finds himself breaking into homes in search of pills. Addled by addiction and chronic pain, Berg meets Alejandro, a reclusive, master boatbuilder, and begins to see a path forward. Alejandro offers Berg honest labor, but more than this, he offers him a new approach to his suffering, a template for survival amid intense pain. Nurtured by his friendship with Alejandro and aided, too, by the comradeship of many in Talinas, Berg begins to return to himself. Written in gleaming prose, this is a story about resilience, community, and what it takes to win back your soul.
Gumbiner, Daniel: - Daniel Gumbiner was born and raised in Northern California. He graduated from UC Berkeley in 2011 and now lives in Southern Nevada. The Boatbuilder is his first novel.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781944211554 |
| ISBN 10 | 1944211551 |
| Title | The Boatbuilder |
| Author | Gumbiner |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | McSweeney's Publishing |
| Year published | 2018-07-10 |
| Number of pages | 237 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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